NASA’s double-asteroid redirection test, launched in 2022, was an actual experiment in space. It sent a rocket to strike an ...

An amateur astronomer discovered Pluto 95 years ago today. The former planet will complete an orbit in another 153 years.

From its peculiar reddish colour, to whether life ever existed on Mars, NASA has unlocked several secrets of the red planet over the decades. Check out these 7 stunning NASA images of Mars that reveal ...

Robin Canup, associate vice president of the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), will give a talk titled "Origin of Phobos and Deimos" at 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2017, in the Greenewalt Lecture ...

This was the last space mission launched by the Soviet Union. Its primary purpose was to study Mars' two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Its journey to the Red Planet took about 6 and a half months ...

From January to March, the night sky will host a spectacular parade of planets featuring Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. The alignment peaks on January 25 and Mercury joins the ...

HD 20794d orbits its star with two other super-Earth planets, designated b and c, which orbit their star every 18.3 and 89.6 days, respectively. These were discovered in 2011 by a team of Geneva ...

A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the orbits of the four outer planets, a new study suggests.

There are a significant number of words, phrases and acronyms that appear when talking about race and ethnicity which often change depending on the context of the conversation. Language is ...

It's responsible for the orbits of the planets and their satellites, but there are other forces that have shaped our planetary neighborhood. A new paper discusses how recoiling ice from comets can ...

The Red Planet beckons us toward it, and the day draws closer when humans will walk on its dusty surface, and the moons of Mars, Phobos & Deimos, may be our gateway to that future. Daytona 500 ...

This annual award recognizes outstanding research work in the areas of agrochemicals and food chemistry. Learn more about this year's awardees and read their winning research articles. This virtual ...